Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 236 319
Rank change year-on-year -101 +83 -10
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 605 657 656
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.32% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.49% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 293 281 324
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,497 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,047 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +0.07% +3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £64,108
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.51% -1.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 12 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -103 535 £60,425 -14.92% 1,262
London -13 328 £70,561 -11.80% 893
Work from Home +5 220 £60,000 -14.29% 986
UK excluding London -196 211 £60,000 -4.00% 469
North of England -35 62 £60,850 -16.07% 95
South East -142 44 £39,250 -37.20% 138
North West +2 42 £85,000 +23.64% 59
Midlands -34 37 £48,500 -22.09% 62
South West -81 28 £68,000 +19.83% 57
West Midlands -35 26 £48,500 -15.65% 44
East of England -36 23 £67,500 +3.05% 44
Yorkshire -52 18 £57,500 -25.81% 22
Scotland +8 11 £77,500 +24.00% 47
East Midlands -34 11 £39,194 -47.74% 18
Wales -71 3 £65,000 +8.59% 6
Northern Ireland -78 3 - - 22
North East -61 2 £90,000 - 14

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 39 (6.45%) Confluence
2 18 (2.98%) CMS
3 14 (2.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (8.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.83%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.83%) Moqups
6 4 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.50%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (6.12%) Workfront
2 12 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.83%) Shopify
4 4 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.50%) iTrent
6 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.17%) Eikon
7 1 (0.17%) Magento
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.17%) RMDS
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 80 (13.22%) AWS
2 77 (12.73%) SaaS
3 51 (8.43%) iPaaS
4 48 (7.93%) Azure
5 16 (2.64%) GCP
6 15 (2.48%) Google Workspace
7 14 (2.31%) Figma
8 13 (2.15%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.82%) GitHub
9 11 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
9 11 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
11 7 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.83%) Copilot Studio
12 5 (0.83%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.83%) Zapier
13 4 (0.66%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (0.66%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (9.75%) Broadband
2 34 (5.62%) HTTP
3 11 (1.82%) Firewall
4 9 (1.49%) WAN
5 7 (1.16%) DNS
6 6 (0.99%) DHCP
6 6 (0.99%) LAN
6 6 (0.99%) NX-OS
6 6 (0.99%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.66%) Multicast
7 4 (0.66%) Network Security
7 4 (0.66%) NGN
7 4 (0.66%) SAN
8 3 (0.50%) CTI
8 3 (0.50%) Intranet
8 3 (0.50%) MPLS
8 3 (0.50%) VSAT
8 3 (0.50%) WLAN
9 2 (0.33%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.76%) Metadata
2 12 (1.98%) Power BI
3 8 (1.32%) Big Data
4 6 (0.99%) BigQuery
4 6 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.33%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.17%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 66 (10.91%) JIRA
2 11 (1.82%) Git
3 10 (1.65%) Claude Code
4 8 (1.32%) Selenium
5 7 (1.16%) GitLab
6 6 (0.99%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.83%) Postman
8 4 (0.66%) JUnit
9 2 (0.33%) TestNG
10 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 190 (31.40%) Marketing
2 187 (30.91%) Social Skills
3 184 (30.41%) Finance
4 89 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (14.71%) Law
5 86 (14.21%) Banking
6 83 (13.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
8 54 (8.93%) Retail
9 46 (7.60%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (5.62%) Public Sector
11 30 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (4.63%) Legal
13 27 (4.46%) Manufacturing
14 18 (2.98%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.31%) Publishing
16 12 (1.98%) Electronics
17 11 (1.82%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.65%) Italian Language
18 10 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 163 (26.94%) Product Manager
2 87 (14.38%) Lead
3 76 (12.56%) Senior
4 73 (12.07%) Product Owner
5 51 (8.43%) Software Engineer
6 38 (6.28%) Senior Manager
7 35 (5.79%) Development Engineer
7 35 (5.79%) Lead Software Engineer
7 35 (5.79%) Software Development Engineer
8 29 (4.79%) Senior Product Manager
9 20 (3.31%) Product Lead
10 16 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (2.48%) Consultant
11 15 (2.48%) Technical Manager
12 14 (2.31%) Development Manager
13 13 (2.15%) Platform Manager
13 13 (2.15%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (1.98%) Support Engineer
14 12 (1.98%) Technical Support
14 12 (1.98%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (6.78%) REST
2 20 (3.31%) Terraform
3 15 (2.48%) Google Maps API
4 14 (2.31%) React
5 13 (2.15%) HTML
6 9 (1.49%) LangChain
7 8 (1.32%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.32%) TensorFlow
8 7 (1.16%) Spring
8 7 (1.16%) XML
9 6 (0.99%) Pandas
9 6 (0.99%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.83%) CrewAI
10 5 (0.83%) LlamaIndex
11 4 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (0.66%) LangGraph
11 4 (0.66%) Node.js
11 4 (0.66%) NumPy
11 4 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.66%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 203 (33.55%) Product Ownership
2 65 (10.74%) Social Media
3 52 (8.60%) Marketing Technology
3 52 (8.60%) Over-the-Top Content
4 39 (6.45%) Public Cloud
5 33 (5.45%) AI Agents
6 28 (4.63%) Cloud Native
6 28 (4.63%) Management Information System
6 28 (4.63%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.64%) Augmented Reality
8 15 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.48%) Virtual Reality
9 14 (2.31%) Web Conferencing
10 13 (2.15%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.98%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
12 11 (1.82%) Blog
13 9 (1.49%) Robotics
13 9 (1.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.64%) Linux
2 14 (2.31%) Windows
3 4 (0.66%) Unix
4 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (58.35%) Roadmaps
2 246 (40.66%) Agile
3 178 (29.42%) Product Roadmap
4 156 (25.79%) AI
5 145 (23.97%) Decision-Making
6 134 (22.15%) Product Vision
7 131 (21.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 128 (21.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 127 (20.99%) Customer Experience
10 113 (18.68%) User Stories
11 112 (18.51%) Product Backlog
12 109 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
13 93 (15.37%) Software Engineering
14 89 (14.71%) Product Strategy
15 86 (14.21%) Product Requirements
16 83 (13.72%) Analytics
17 79 (13.06%) Sprint Planning
18 78 (12.89%) User Experience
19 76 (12.56%) Project Management
20 74 (12.23%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.76%) Java
2 41 (6.78%) Python
3 14 (2.31%) SQL
4 13 (2.15%) TypeScript
5 12 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.82%) C++
7 8 (1.32%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.99%) R
9 4 (0.66%) Bicep
9 4 (0.66%) C#
10 3 (0.50%) Bash
10 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.50%) PHP
11 2 (0.33%) Perl
12 1 (0.17%) ABAP
12 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 144 (23.80%) Degree
2 40 (6.61%) Master's Degree
3 30 (4.96%) Security Cleared
4 28 (4.63%) MBA
5 26 (4.30%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.98%) HND
8 11 (1.82%) HNC
8 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.49%) PhD
10 8 (1.32%) CCNA
11 7 (1.16%) MCSE
11 7 (1.16%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.16%) PMP
12 6 (0.99%) CSPO
13 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (0.50%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.45%) QA
2 21 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.98%) SLA
4 9 (1.49%) GDPR
5 7 (1.16%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.16%) PMO
6 4 (0.66%) PERC
7 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.33%) DICOM
7 2 (0.33%) GRC
7 2 (0.33%) HL7
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.65%) Docker
2 9 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.16%) Firmware
3 7 (1.16%) vSphere
4 6 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.83%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.16%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.50%) WSUS
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 55 (9.09%) Adobe
2 51 (8.43%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.96%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.46%) Google
5 17 (2.81%) Facebook
5 17 (2.81%) OpenAI
6 16 (2.64%) Cisco
7 12 (1.98%) Workday
8 11 (1.82%) Oracle
9 9 (1.49%) VMware
10 6 (0.99%) FIS
10 6 (0.99%) Juniper
11 4 (0.66%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.66%) SAP
12 3 (0.50%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.50%) Dell
12 3 (0.50%) HP
12 3 (0.50%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.50%) Reuters